New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-17
NOOING UNIONISTS IN VAIN.
LORD HARRINGTON AND Mr.. CHAMBEhLAiN
WILL NOT REJoIN THE GLADsTONLANs' =
,oRp RosEBERY's ATTEMPT AT PEACE-MAhiN'
yNn OF THE BODYKE EPIsoDE-Ihk DIN
ANTE sCARE-POLICE ARRANGEMhN''
FOR THE JUBiLEE-BRiLIIANr
SOCIAL EVENTS.
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,ovnox june le.-Among the many curious fea-
,,,rs of the situation not the Ieast curious 10 '
,rov in which the roles of the two Liberal Wings
80 been reversed. 1t was formerly the L1oeral-
,ronis,s who offered explanations of their a.tl'uo
- dissent from the majority of the party ana VINO
made and kent making proposals and SUGGESTIONS
for reunion To-day it is the majority WHO are
,.ocorederinp their political creed, revising lhen
hoocs Of Home Rule and inviting conferences
,,,th tipir old colleagues. The important modlhca
lions which Mr. Gladstone announced In wales nave
NOT brought Lord Harrington and Mr. chamber
lain one step nearer and the country has not oi>eh
them Seriously Lord Harrington says Hohins
Mr.. Chamberlain speaking at Willis's Rooms TINS
week repeats in tone of something nKe triumph
h; refusal to return under existing circumstances
:, .he Gladstoraan ranks Lord Rosebery, speak
60, tbp same evening at the City Liberal Club,
,sec toward the Unionists language almost oI en-
,,,otv. certainly of concilation. IL Is
oite unavailing Perfect harmony EXISTS
between the Tory Government ana ohe
Liberal Unionists. They assert-and the 0iau
topians do not in private deny-that the coun.r!
is with them Lord Rosebery hopes Tor reunion,
hut does not venture to believe it will occur I'LL
time has healed INC WOuuuS s'tii oPOA' 49, Wv ~
rate abstains. as Lord Harrington does, from hard
words MIR. Chamberlain on the other hand never
ails TO exasperato those Whom he opposes His
former friends accuse him of desiring to set up
new PARTY whereof he and Lord Randolph Church.
i'll are to he the leaders. lie himself ASSERTS anu
easserts his loyalty to Lord Harrington.
lbe,p is bitterness enough on both sides. IL you
want SIGNS of it YOU have only to look at LOro
Wo,verton's speech He. one of Mr.. Gadstone's moSt
intimate friends but most unlike Mr. Gladstone IN
intemnerance of language, once more denounces as
raitoIs all who refuse to bow down before his
dol. Another proof Of the permanency OF the
present division in the Liberal ranks is found IN
the refusal of Lord Harrington, Mr. chamberlain
and Sir Henry James to continue TO act as trustees
of the National Liberal Club.
The Bodyle episode is at an end. 1t is difficult
O say whether Mr. Davitt's violence has done moro
arm to tie Home Rule alliance or whether feeble
ness in asserting the law has more injured Gov
ernment Which prides itself on governing. LORD
Carnarvon's complaint in the House OF Lords
evoked 10 sufficient answer. His CRITICISM Is
re-echoed this morning by Mr.. Clifford Lloyd, who
censures the system rather than the officials, Dut
rightly holds that such scenes repeated day after
day are scandal and demorallzing to the troops
and police as well as to the people.
Mr.. Gladstone dimes on the Fourth Of July with
Sir Joserh pcase and makes a speech. Perhaps the
choice of the day may be another proof of his aec
tion for America
Rumors about dynamite during Jubilee week
have assumed definite shape. One news agency
goes so far as to say there can now be no doubt
that arrangements have been made for a series of
outragcs The public mind is qlieted by assurances
from the same quarter that the police are confident
they can handle these dynamite gentry. But 1t
is very doubtful whether the police really believe
in the existence Of such plots. have met nobody
who intends to stay away from the Abbey from
fear of an explosion, but many who win abstain
on account of the carly hour at which they would
be obliged to be in their places and the long de-
tention. The police arrangements are now Off
cially announced. Tie Abbey will be opened at
O'Clock and closed at 10. The authorities are
Indeed sanguine if they expect to admit and seat
ten thousand people within two hours. Carriages
are allowed till 10 to set down company at three
different doors. People who drive to houses or
stands to see the procession must arrive before
hal. past 8.
These precautions are not excessive from the
police point of view They expect multitudes on
foot vast enough to be all but unInanageable.
Shops and private houses are already protecting
themselves by barricades they did during the
February riots two years since.
Last night the West End Of London was at its
busiest Pail Mall literally ablaze with the
Reform Club Jubilee ball The club outside was
glowing with illumnations This ball quite cclpsed
he Foreign Office reception and Lady Salisbury
had to content herself with such minor royalties
as the Duke and Duchess Of Connaught. The vast
eolo - l. ;,,,o
crowded, while the Reform Club, with gardens
balconies and spacious halls, was thronged from
IL o'clock. The Prince and Princess OF Wales
arrived soon after IL unheard of punctuality
lhe company included many fashionable as Well as
political personages, though the majority of Con
servatves declined to have anything to do with
what they regarded a celebration Of Liberal
triumphs They need not have been SO squeamish.
HE Reform Club long since ceased to be Liberal
exceIt in name.
Numbers went on from Pail Mall to Lady Gold
smid's beautiful house in PiccsdIly only to find
1t already crowded. Dancing began at midnight
and lasted till 8, and there were at least three
other parties and dances which on an ordinary
night would have been thought interesting Not
less interesting were sundry functions earlier in
the day. The luncheon given by the Lord Mayor
and Lady Mayoress to actors and actresses drew
the cream Of the dramatic profession Mr.. Irvings
speech of thanks on behalf of his colleagues was
easy clever, eloquent when he chose, and alto
gether pleasant. The Prince Of Wales before going
TO the Reform Club presided at a banquet in the
tine old hall of the Middle Temple, many celebrities
and most of the benchcrs OF this ancient Inn at
tending. Lord Harrington and Mr. Bright Were
among the guests and both loudly cheered.
Mr. Bright's relations with royalty are-in fact
nave long been-for a Radical rather intimate
G. w. S.